In general, a mother is expected to have a good relationship with her daughters whereas a father is expected to have a tighter bond with his sons. But things are different when it comes to the Zuma family. Zuma appears to have a distant relationship with his son Duduzane; instead, he is constantly accompanied by his daughter. They are constantly there for each other; Duduzile always follows Zuma wherever he goes. If you don’t know that, you might even assume she is his personal assistant because she always stands close to him. Why Zula is closer to his daughter than his son has drawn much debate.

As we all know, Zuma is busy with the private prosecution of the criminally accused and allegedly corrupt President Ramaphosa. They appeared in court again yesterday, and as always, he came with his fully loyal daughter and a friend who was suspended from the ANC, Carl Niehaus. Duduzile and Carl have stood by Zuma’s side for as long as I can remember, even when it wasn’t fashionable to do so.

Before the court started, Zuma and his daughter were taking photos outside, and as always, the two were posing like two teenagers who are so in love with each other. After their photos were posted on Twitter, people laughed at Duduzile’s shoes, saying she was wearing Jacob Zuma’s. Some even said soon she will be wearing his pants since it seems like she wasn’t to be his heir. If you check clearly, in most of the Duduzile posts, people are criticizing her, but it seems like she doesn’t even care.